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INSTALL
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Prerequisites
=============
Bro-aux relies on the following libraries and tools, which need to be installed
before you begin with the installation:
Bro relies on the following libraries and tools, which need to be installed
before you begin:
* Libpcap headers and libraries
Network traffic capture library
* Flex
* Flex (Fast Lexical Analyzer)
Flex is already installed on most systems, so with luck you can
skip having to install it yourself.
* Bison
* Bison (GNU Parser Generator)
This comes with many systems, but if you get errors compiling
parse.y, you will need to install it.
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CMake is a cross-platform, open-source build system, typically
not installed by default. See http://www.cmake.org for more
information regarding CMake and the installation steps below for
how to use it to build this distribution.
how to use it to build this distribution. CMake generates native
Makefiles that depend on GNU Make by default.
Bro can also make uses of some optional libraries if they are found at
installation time:
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> make install
This will perform an out-of-source build into the build directory using the
default build options and then install binaries into /usr/local/bro/bin
default build options and then install binaries into /usr/local/bro/bin.
You can specify a different installation directory with
> ./configure --prefix=<dir>.
> ./configure --prefix=<dir>
Run "./configure --help" for more options.